I used to visit Sanaa, Taiz and other places in Yemen on business every month for about two years before the Houthis took over Sanaa. Your editorial is accurate: it was a bustling, busy town. It is now desolate and abandoned.

The fear is that this conflict could also become protracted like the struggle in Syria. What will be the future of Yemeni children? They have been unable to go to school for the last two to three years. A whole generation risks being lost to this conflict. As the writer John Steinbeck once said, all war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.

No need to buy the Galaxy S9 as you can have the Galaxy S10 in six months from now.

Riaan Jordaan, Abu Dhabi

The international community should eradicate Boko Haram

I refer to your article Nigeria confirms 110 girls missing after Boko Haram school attack (26 February). The Nigerian government’s confirmation that 110 girls are missing after a recent attack by Boko Haram was sad to read. That Boko Haram is still kidnapping girls from schools in Nigeria is unacceptable. The international community should intervene to bring Boko Haram to account for its brutal acts. The organisation should be eradicated. Will the Nigerian government take up this issue with the international community?